Southwest Airlines Flight 1248
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Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, continuing on to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. On December 8, 2005, the airplane slid off a runway at Chicago-Midway while landing in a snowstorm and crashed into automobile traffic, killing a six-year-old boy.[2][3][4][5]
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Accident | |
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Date | December 8, 2005 (2005-12-08) |
Summary | Runway overrun in snowstorm due to pilot error |
Site | Intersections of W 55th Street and S Central Avenue, Near Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States 41°47′32.7″N 87°45′44.4″W |
Total fatalities | 1 |
Total injuries | 12 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-700 |
Operator | Southwest Airlines |
IATA flight No. | WN1248 |
ICAO flight No. | SWA1248 |
Call sign | SOUTHWEST 1248 |
Registration | N471WN (re-registered as N286WN[1] after repairs) |
Flight origin | Baltimore/Washington Int'l Thurgood Marshall Airport Baltimore, Maryland |
1st stopover | Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois |
Last stopover | Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah |
Destination | McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada |
Occupants | 103 |
Passengers | 98 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 3 |
Survivors | 103 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 1 |
Ground injuries | 9 |
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